TED Fellows Applications.

Twice a year
To find a new class of extraordinary thinkers and doers
Aged 18-40

Looking for makers and doers, not talkers

Essay questions
Three references

Applications in Aug, Sept

Program focuses on doers, makers, inventors, advocates, filmmakers and photographers, musicians and
artists, scientists, entrepreneurs, NGO heads, and human rights activists.
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Fine character

>Good heart
>Impressive Accomplishment
>Impact of the work
>Multidisciplinary in their pursuits

Your class rank or your GPA holds little weight.

Full-force action -- what you've done, what you're currently working on and what you want to achieve or
create in the future.
>That makes you exceptional
Be brave
>Stand out from the crowd (Very talented pool of applicants)

Wow with
>Organisations you've started
>Causes you've fought for
>Research you've done
>Art you've created

Actions speak louder than words